Four Bus Rapid Transit schemes have one thing in common – construction firm BAM Nuttall. The last few years have been an exciting time for anyone involved in the promotion of Bus Rapid Transit in the UK. Several schemes have opened for business and it seems that the bus is being realistically viewed as a...

Bircham Dyson Bell’s Aaron Nelson considers how bus operators can be freed to invest in long term BRT infrastructure. Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) made the national news this month thanks to the opening of the busway in Cambridgeshire. The first four days of operation have seen more than 20,000 journeys along its 16-mile route. “The...

Alex Hornby took a ride on Eindhoven’s Phileas system. He envied some elements, but not all. Having fixed ourselves up with the new OV Chipkaart – an amazing thing in itself, being a national, stored value smart card and allows use on all trains, trams and buses throughout the Netherlands – our touring party of...

The light rail experts at Bircham Dyson Bell explain what they would like to see in Steve Berry’s report on the costs of light rail. Steve Berry’s eagerly awaited report on the costs of light rail is due to be published in September by the Department for Transport. Many in the light rail industry have...

Former London Rail boss received many job offers. He explains why he chose to join Abellio. On a recent business trip on one of the UK’s premier railway routes, Ian Brown was given plenty of opportunity to reflect on the way passenger transport is often perceived by the public. An initial delay was compounded as...

Launched in September 2009, the bus industry’s Greener Journeys campaign is aimed at aimed at encouraging people to get out of their cars and onto buses and coaches. The campaign, which is led by the UK’s ‘big five’ passenger transport groups – Arriva, FirstGroup, Go Ahead, National Express and Stagecoach – and the Confederation for...

PTEG chair Geoff Inskip tells Robert Jack how England’s city regions can double market share for public transport and aid economic recovery At the beginning of this year Geoff Inskip took on one of the biggest jobs in UK passenger transport. The chief executive of Centro, the integrated transport authority for the West Midlands, took...